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I. MILLER. PBGGING JACK.

- No. 363,906. Patented May 31, 1887.

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ISAAC MILLER, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOHENRY B. FAIRBANKS, OF SAME PLACE.

'PEGGlNG JAcK.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 363,906, datedMay 31,1887.

Application filed March 26, 1837. I Serial No. 232,472. (No model.)

chester, in the county of Hillsborough, State of NewHampshire,haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in.Pegging-Jacks, of

which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exactto enable any person skilled in the art or science to which saidinvention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming 'part of this specification, inwhioh-v Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved jack; Fig. 2, avertical section, the standard when turned down into a horizontalposition being represented at the left of said last-named figure in sideelevation instead of dotted lines, in order to show it to betteradvantage; and Fig. 3, a diagram showing the detachable heelpiece.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of pegging-jacks which are employedby boot and shoe makers for pegging or nailing on thesoles of boots orshoes by hand, in contradistinction to those employed inpegging-machines which are run by power; and it consists in a novelconstruction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fully setforth and claimed, the object being to produce a simpler, stronger, andmore effective device of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understoodby all conversant with such matters from the following explanation. 7

In the drawings, A represents the standard or body of the machine; B,the base, and C the bench to which the machine is attached. A toe-piece,D, is detachably secured to the upper end of the standard in the usualman-- ner, said piece beingchanged and a larger or smaller onesubstituted in accordance with the work being done. The standard isprovided with a mortise, m, which extends entirely through the lowerportion of its body from front to rear,-and also with a screw, :0, whichis adapted to enter the mortise laterally and press against the bar. Thestandard is also provided with an annular flange or foot, f, which ascrew, 1), which passes upwardly through the base into said foot, thescrew being fitted to work loosely in a hole in the base, therebyenabling the standard to be easily rotated in using thejack.

Jointed atz to a projection, f, on the rear upper portion of thestandard, there is a vertieally-arranged lever, E, the short or upperarm of said lever being provided with a detachable heel-piece, H, at'its top, and the long or lower arm extending down past the mortise m,said lever being adapted to swing or vibrate on said pivot.

' fitted to work in one side of the standard and rests on the base B,and is secured thereto by A serrated lever or ratchet-liar, J, ispivoted at l in the lower end of the long arm of the lever E and extendshorizontally into the mortise m in the standard, said bar being adaptedto engage a tooth or teeth in the standard at the bottom of themortise,,and thereby hold the lever E in any desired position, the screwas being turned in againstsaid bar to secure it when adjusted. Theratchet-bar may, however, be pivoted in the standard A, and so a mortisein the lever E, if preferred, in which case the screw :0 is placed insaid lever instead of in the standard, its functions being the same ineither case. Instead of the ratchet-bar and screw, any other suitabledevice for locking the lever E may be employed, if preferred.

Projecting from the lower side of an arm, h, on the front of the baseB,there is an arm, 70, which is pivoted at its lower end in a bracket,M, secured to the bench O by screws Z An and when the standard A isturned down into the position shown in Fig. 2 said arm serves as a stopto keep the standard froni falling too with the bracket, if preferred.

A loop, 9, projects from the rear of the base 13, into which a hub, g,on the bench G extends, to prevent the base from swinging laterally tothe right or left when in, a horizontal arm, 1*, projects horizontallyfrom said bracket,

arranged that its free end will extend through low. This stop may,however, be'disconnected I position, and thereby exerting too great astrain on the arm 74: where itis pivoted to the bracket. The loop isalso designed to receive an ordinary key, (not shown,) which may bedriven into the same when the standard A is in a horizontal position,and thereby prevent the foot f from revolving, if necessary, when thestandard is depressed, the key pressing on the periphery of the footwhen driven into the loop. I

In the use of my improvement the long or .lower arm of the lever E isswung outwardly as far as possible, bringing the inner face of the shortor upper arm of said lever in against the upper portion, a, of thestandard, or nearly so. The boot or shoe is then placed on the jack andthe long or lower arm of the lever E pushed inwardly as far as possibleand secured by the ratchet-bar and screw :29, thereby forcing theheel-piece H outwardly in the boot or shoe,stretching or expanding itfully and holding it firmly on thejack.

After the boot or shoe is pegged or nailed, as the case may be, thestandard is depressed or turned down into the position shown in theleft-hand portion of Fig. 2, and the boot or shoe submitted to suchfinishing processes or operations as may be required before it isremoved from the jack. v

The lever E may be removed whenever nec essary by taking out the pin 2and another be substituted having a heelpiece, H, of a larger or smallersize to correspond with the size of the toe-piece D, or the heel-piecemay be detached from the lever and another substituted without removingthe lever from the standard, as preferred.

It will be obvious that the toe and heel pieces D H constitute a lastfor the boot or shoe, and that said last may be expanded or extendedlongitudinally within the shoe by means of the pivoted lever E, orcontracted or shortened to remove the shoe, thereby adapting the jack todifferent sizes of boots or shoes, and enabling it to perform itsfunctions in a more perfect manner than many of the jacks in ordinaryuse.

I do not confine myself to connecting the stop r with the bracket, norto the use of the ratchet-bar and screw for locking the lever E, nor toproviding the base with an arm, 71, as these features may be varied orsubstituted by others for the same purpose.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- V 1. In apegging-jack of the character described, the standard A, jonrnaled torevolve on the base 13, and provided with the detachable toe-piece D,mortise m, and screw m, incombination with the pivoted lever E, providedwith the heel-piece H and serrated bar J, substantially as described.

2. In a pegging-jack of the character described, the base B, providedwith the arms h Icand pivoted in the bracket M, provided with the stopr, in combination with the standard A, provided with the toe-piece D,the pivoted lever E, provided with the heel-piece H, and a ratchetmechanism, substantially as set forth.

3. In a pegging-jaek of the character described, the base B, providedwith the loop 9 and pivoted arm 7;, in combination with the hub y,bracket M, standard A, screw 12, lever E, heel'pieee H and toe-piece D,bar J, and

screw :0, all constructed and arranged substautially as and for thepurpose specified.

ISAAC MILLER. YVitnesses:

H. BIOALLISTER, CHARLES BLOKEY.

